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Originally Posted by turmeric  Are you sure this is a hill you want to die on? The education of our children is important, but it seems like a stretch to equate a choice, often made because of necessity, as sin. The Bible doesn't mention public school anywhere. It does state that Daniel went to a very pagan school. |
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Please note:
Daniel went to a very pagan school BECAUSE of SIN..i.e., the Babylonian captivity was do to the sin of covenant breaking by Israel (Judah precisely). Daniel was FORCED into that school, by the state because of the sins of his fathers in breaking covenant with God.
Do we really want to follow such an example?
As for the right or wrong of sending your covenant child to state schools let me ask another question.
Would it be ok for me to send my covenant child to a fundamentilist Muslim school because it is close to where I live, the bus picks them up, they have a good math program, and because most of all it is "Free"(supposedly)?
Should I send my christian child to that Muslim school?
Well the muslim school has a world view that is closer to that of Christianity then does the state schools. The muslim school would actually be the lessor of two evils.
The relegion of the state schools is much, much more hostile to the christian worldview.
Note: All education is relegious in nature...wether it is christian or humanist...the very act of educating is going to be based on a "worldview" and it is going to be relegious.
The federal government has not not promoted a relegion...They have actually mandated a state relegion. It is called humansim, and the state school (with compulsory education laws) is the "church" where indoctrination in this relegion takes place. Again, the State has an official state relegion, and it is taught in the state schools.
So you really only have a few choices...send your children to Christian schools, homeschool, or send your children to OTHER relegious institutions like a muslim school, or a state (humanism) school, or a Roman Catholic school.
As the example of Daniel, which was given, shows...Having your child educated in "pagan" (non-christian) schools is a result of sin and covenant breaking...
That may be someones only choice (i agree) but that ONLY choice is still a result of SIN...(just like Daniel)